Mission: Impossible II
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With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
What critics thought
John Woo's sequel trades the first film's plot density for pure kinetic spectacle, and critics were sharply divided on whether that was a bargain worth making. The action sequences drew genuine admiration, but the paper-thin story prompted some of the harshest verdicts — the central argument being whether dazzling style can carry a film when there is essentially nothing underneath it.
“if the first Mission: Impossible was confusing because the plot moved too fast, this one is confusing because the plot hardly moves.”
Jeffrey Westhoff·Northwest Herald
“even more empty a luxury vehicle than its predecessor”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
“Woo directs Mission: Impossible 2 cautiously, as if still introducing himself to U.S. audiences despite Face/Off and Broken Arrow. Or maybe he has nothing left to say about the poetry of violence after such visual eloquence in his Chinese classics.”
Steve Persall·Tampa Bay Times
“if you've ever wished that a really good action director -- John Woo, say -- would make a James Bond film, you can stop wishing.”
Shawn Levy·The Oregonian
“a vaguely absurd thriller filled with elaborately superfluous setups and shamelessly stale James Bond riffs.”
J. Hoberman·The Village Voice
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Cast & Crew
John WooDirector
Tom CruiseEthan Hunt
Dougray ScottSean Ambrose
Thandiwe NewtonNyah Hall
Ving RhamesLuther Stickell
Richard RoxburghHugh Stamp
John PolsonBilly Baird
Brendan GleesonMcCloy
Rade ŠerbedžijaDr. Nekhorvich
William MapotherWallis
Dominic PurcellUlrich
Mathew WilkinsonMichael
Nicholas BellMcCloy's Accountant
Hans ZimmerComposer
Robert TowneWriter
Ronald D. MooreWriter
Brannon BragaWriter
Jeffrey L. KimballCinematographyMission: Impossible II
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
What critics thought
John Woo's sequel trades the first film's plot density for pure kinetic spectacle, and critics were sharply divided on whether that was a bargain worth making. The action sequences drew genuine admiration, but the paper-thin story prompted some of the harshest verdicts — the central argument being whether dazzling style can carry a film when there is essentially nothing underneath it.
“if the first Mission: Impossible was confusing because the plot moved too fast, this one is confusing because the plot hardly moves.”
Jeffrey Westhoff·Northwest Herald
“even more empty a luxury vehicle than its predecessor”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
“Woo directs Mission: Impossible 2 cautiously, as if still introducing himself to U.S. audiences despite Face/Off and Broken Arrow. Or maybe he has nothing left to say about the poetry of violence after such visual eloquence in his Chinese classics.”
Steve Persall·Tampa Bay Times
“if you've ever wished that a really good action director -- John Woo, say -- would make a James Bond film, you can stop wishing.”
Shawn Levy·The Oregonian
“a vaguely absurd thriller filled with elaborately superfluous setups and shamelessly stale James Bond riffs.”
J. Hoberman·The Village Voice
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Cast & Crew
John WooDirectorTom CruiseEthan HuntDougray ScottSean AmbroseThandiwe NewtonNyah HallVing RhamesLuther StickellRichard RoxburghHugh StampJohn PolsonBilly BairdBrendan GleesonMcCloyRade ŠerbedžijaDr. NekhorvichWilliam MapotherWallisDominic PurcellUlrichMathew WilkinsonMichaelNicholas BellMcCloy's AccountantHans ZimmerComposerRobert TowneWriterRonald D. MooreWriterBrannon BragaWriterJeffrey L. KimballCinematographyStream
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